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Katahariya
Municipality in Central, Nepal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Katahariya (Maithili: कटहरिया) is a municipality in Rautahat District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. Before September 2017, Katahariya was one of the Village Development Committees (VDC) with 8 wards. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 4,619 people living in 835 individual households. Katahariya is famous for its unique moton dish. A well known moton dish named “Katiya : कटिया” is origin from Katahariya Bazar. It has a well-maintained Farmers' market (vegetable) and Cattle (domestic-animal) market. Katahariya is a fast-growing municipality, with the main occupations of local people being business and farming.
Katahariya became a municipality since September 2017 by merging different Gaupalika (previously VDCs) such as Hathiyahi, Birti Prastoka, Bhasedhawa, Bagahi, Balirampur, Pipra Pokhariya. Currently, there are 9 wards in this municipality. In the recent local level election conducted on 13 May 2022, Ajay Prakash Jaiswal from Nepali Congress became the mayor however After the corruption case was filed by the authority, Mayor Ajay Prakash Jaiswal was suspended alone with 4 other board members since 04 June 2024.[2]
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Other developments
Campus and school
- Shree Janta Higher Secondary School kth
- Sun Shine English Boarding School
Hospital
Katahariya PHCC,with 24 hour Emergency Service
Banks
- Nepal Bank Limited - Katahariya Branch
- Gramin Bikash Bank Ltd
- Deprosc Laghubitta Bikas Bank Limited
Communication Networks
- Nepal Telecom
- Ncell
Other cellular networks available are UTL Nepal and Smart Cell.
References
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